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African Dust Changes India's Rainfall: Dust Can Affect Planet's Climate, Research Shows
Mar. 16, 2014 Dust in the air in North Africa and West Asia absorbs sunlight west of India, warming the air and strengthening the winds carrying moisture eastward, raining down in India about a week later. The ... full story -
System to Predict Lightning Under Development
Mar. 14, 2014 Millions of people who work or play outdoors might one day soon have a new tool to help them reduce the risk of being struck by lightning. While there is no operational lightning forecast system ... full story -
Number of Days Without Rain to Dramatically Increase in Some World Regions
Mar. 14, 2014 By the end of the 21st century, some parts of the world can expect as many as 30 more days a year without precipitation, according to a new study. Ongoing climate change caused by human influences ... full story -
Crowdsourced Rain Samples Map Hurricane Sandy's Evolution
Mar. 11, 2014 As the climate changes in the 21st century, more hurricanes may stray farther north along the eastern seaboard, like Superstorm Sandy did. During Sandy, researchers used crowdsourcing to collect the ... full story -
Mongol Empire Rode Wave of Mild Climate, but Warming Now May Be Tipping Region Into Unparalleled Drought
Mar. 10, 2014 Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the ... full story -
Microwave Radar Monitors Sliding Slopes: Geodesists Research in the Alps
Mar. 10, 2014 The “Steinlehnen” slope in Northern Tyrol (Austria) started to move in 2003. Rockfalls threatened people, streets and buildings. Meanwhile, peace has returned; although the slope is merely ... full story -
New NASA Van Allen Probes Observations Helping to Improve Space Weather Models
Mar. 7, 2014 Using data from NASA's Van Allen Probes, researchers have tested and improved a model to help forecast what's happening in the radiation environment of near-Earth space -- a place seething ... full story -
Over Demanding Market Affects Fisheries More Than Climate Change
Mar. 7, 2014 Fisheries that rely on short life species, such as shrimp or sardine, have been more affected by climate change, because this phenomenon affects chlorophyll production, which is vital for ... full story -
Plasma Plumes Help Shield Earth from Damaging Solar Storms
Mar. 6, 2014 Scientists have identified a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against solar storms. Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, ... full story -
Remote Sensing Moisture Model Could Aid Farmers
Mar. 5, 2014 Global farmers could get better decision-making help as refinements are made to North Alabama soil moisture modeling research being done by an atmospheric science doctoral student. The models, using ... full story -
How Ancient Greek Plays Allow Us to Reconstruct Europe's Climate
Mar. 3, 2014 The open air plays of the ancient Greeks may offer us a valuable insight into the Mediterranean climate of the time, reports new research. Using historical observations from artwork and plays, ... full story -
NASA-JAXA Launch Mission to Measure Global Rain, Snow
Feb. 28, 2014 The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), thundered into space at 10:37 a.m. PST ... full story -
Climate Change Puts Wheat Crops at Risk of Disease
Feb. 26, 2014 There is a risk that severity of epidemics of some wheat diseases may increase within the next ten to twenty years due to the impacts of climate change according to a study by international ... full story -
Offshore Wind Farms Could Tame Hurricanes Before They Reach Land
Feb. 26, 2014 Computer simulations have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and ... full story -
Hurricane Prediction: Real Time Forecast of Hurricane Sandy Had Track and Intensity Accuracy
Feb. 25, 2014 A real-time hurricane analysis and prediction system that effectively incorporates airborne Doppler radar information may accurately track the path, intensity and wind force in a hurricane, according ... full story -
Climate Change Won't Reduce Deaths in Winter, British Study Concludes
Feb. 23, 2014 Climate change is unlikely to reduce the United Kingdom's excess winter death rate, which was a previous hypothesis. The study debunks the widely held view that warmer winters will cut the ... full story -
Extreme Weather Caused by Climate Change Decides Distribution of Insects, Study Shows
Feb. 20, 2014 Extreme weather caused by climate change in the coming decades is likely to have profound implications for distributions of insects and other invertebrates. This is suggested by a new study of ... full story -
Statistics Research Could Build Consensus Around Climate Predictions
Feb. 19, 2014 Vast amounts of data related to climate change are being compiled by researchers worldwide with varying climate projections. This requires combining information across data sets to arrive at a ... full story -
NASA Satellites See Arctic Surface Darkening Faster
Feb. 19, 2014 The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is diminishing Earth's albedo, or reflectivity, by an amount considerably larger than previously estimated, according to a new study that uses data ... full story -
Deep Freeze in the Great Lakes: Lakes Nearly Frozen Completely for First Time in 20 Years
Feb. 19, 2014 Lake Superior is more than 90 percent iced over, and experts say it may be covered completely before winter's end. Someone has proposed a hike across Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron and Lake Erie ... full story -
Extreme Weather Images in the Media Cause Fear and Disengagement With Climate Change
Feb. 18, 2014 Extreme weather images represent human suffering and loss. They are iconic of climate change and are symbols of its natural impacts. Reporting on extreme weather has increased over the last few ... full story
- System to predict lightning under development
- Number of days without rain to dramatically increase in some world regions
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Microwave radar monitors sliding slopes: Geodesists research in the Alps
- New NASA Van Allen Probes observations helping to improve space weather models
- Over demanding market affects fisheries more than climate change
- Climate change puts wheat crops at risk of disease
- Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land
- Statistics research could build consensus around climate predictions
- NASA satellites see Arctic surface darkening faster
- Deep freeze in the Great Lakes: Lakes nearly frozen completely for first time in 20 years
- Hot weather deaths projected to rise 257 percent in UK by 2050s, experts warn
- As the temperature drops, risk of fracture rises
- Raindrop research dials in satellite forecasting accuracy
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
- Researchers target sea level rise to save years of archaeological evidence
- With few hard frosts, tropical mangroves push north
- North Atlantic atmospheric oscillation affects quality of cava
- Use of media can save lives in bad storms
- Solar activity not a key cause of climate change, study shows
- Clues to how plants evolved to cope with cold
- A whole new meaning to bad weather: Top ten worst weather places in the world
- Landsat 8 helps unveil the coldest place on Earth
- First measurement flight: Research aircraft HALO explores trade wind clouds
- 2012 solar storm points up need for society to prepare
- System developed for assessing how effective species are at pollinating crops
- Unique model simulates electron environment in space at 36000 km above the Earth
- Biodiversity higher in the tropics, but species more likely to arise at higher latitudes
- Satellite trio to explore the Earth's magnetic field
- Framework could improve southeast rainfall forecasts
- Financial decision-makers need weather and climate information to manage risks
- Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires
- Southeast U.S. should prepare for wild weather from climate change, expert says
- Preparing for hell and high water: Researchers advocate for climate adaptation science
- Amazon deforestation could mean droughts for western U.S.
- Scientists eye longer-term forecasts of U.S. heat waves
- Hurricane Sandy's lessons include: Put parks, not houses, on the beach
- Insects modify mating behavior in anticipation of storms
- How one transportation business survived Hurricane Sandy
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